Tomorrow Never Comes
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The last time Mark saw Jenny, she had blown his mind... completely and utterly. He had never expected the chance to share his darkest fantasies with anyone, well ever, certainly not so soon after meeting someone, and definitely not with an attractive female he would normally consider to be way out of his league. But somehow, Jenny had managed to give him all the right encouragement, support, and the perfect environment to make their first date the dirtiest and horniest night of his life so far. Being honest with himself, he knew that he would have tried to make his fantasies happen eventually, but also knew that he would have gotten spooked by the risk of getting caught, lost his nerve, and bailed much cleaner and more fully dressed than his fantasies demanded.
Also, performing his fantasies in front of anyone not totally enjoying the show, its glorious palette of browns and "rich" aromas, would have dampened his excitement: he'd have gotten more concerned about their being okay with it than the task, literally, in hand. Luckily, Jenny had proven to be the perfect muse, almost to the point of being almost too good to be true.
The following evening was to be just as important, as Jenny wanted Mark's help to try his fantasies for herself, the last thing he expected an attractive female would want to try, being extremely dirty in the truest sense of the word. However, Mark's manager, a plump man in a badly fitting suit - it may have fitted him at some point, but was now too tight so its shiny material pulled and creased in all the wrong places - called Mark into his office to break the news that he needed him to work late this evening to help fix an urgent issue. His plans, and perhaps his lovelife, lay in tatters! Luckily for Mark, his boss took his look of devastation as concern for the business, which he wasn't really bothered about, to be honest, compared to the blow that had just been dealt to his sex life.
Stopping mid sentence, unusual as he loved the sound of his own voice, Mark's boss turned to him and asked: "what on earth is that awful smell?" catching Mark off guard.
Mark stared at him fearful that he somehow knew what he had been up to the night before, but how could he? Saying the first thing that jumped to mind, Mark feebly suggested that he had spread fertiliser on his garden "to give his roses a boost," and now the smell was following him around like a bad penny. He cringed inside, not feeling that he had delivered the stellar performance required to sell this lie. However, his boss resumed his monologue, unabated, signalling that a more awkward explanation had been averted nonetheless.
Worried that Jenny might take this news as a brush off, he already having gotten what he wanted, Mark made the call to Jenny in his lunch hour.
To Mark's relief, Jenny sounded suitably sympathetic, probably because she could hear the crushing disappointment in his voice, and agreed that he could see her the following Saturday, as she was away visiting friends the weekend coming, but only on the proviso he brings something to cook for dinner with him after the travesty that was their previous attempt at eating out. Mark, whilst happy that their date was still on, hadn't expected a nearly two week rain-check!
He wasn't sure that their fledgling relationship would survive such a long hiatus: she might forget what she saw in him or move on to explore someone else's kinks, perhaps that was her thing. However, Jenny concluded, near the end of their conversation, that they'd have ended up at her cottage regardless, having drunk far too much and wanting to see if she was equal to the filth. Again, Mark felt a wave of relief wash over him, as he hadn't needed to mention it, Jenny had clearly remembered so hadn't assigned it to the 'better forgotten about' pile, now that the heat of the moment had passed. Even better: was she reminding Mark?
The Cottage in the Country
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What felt like a lifetime had finally passed and Mark was directing his grey Mondeo around the winding country lanes that led to Jenny's cottage, the odd detail looking vaguely familiar here and there assuring him that he was going in the right direction and that his sat nav wasn't part of a secret conspiracy to keep them apart. The sky was dark and ominous, having chucked it down shortly before he set off. Mist hung in the air, whilst large puddles and water swept down either side of the road, but, mericfully, it had stopped raining. Whilst rain would make the ground moist, which is definitely good for what he imagined them doing, it actually raining would definitely put a damper on their fun, so Mark had everything crossed that it would be the last rain they'd see this evening. This was only the second time Mark had made this journey, but Jenny's cottage was already up there as one of his favourite places in the world. The smell of the countryside, the feel of grass in the paddock, the sound of the pigsties and everything in between now etched onto his psyche.
The roads had gotten narrow and uneven, the norm for country roads in Mark's experience. Every now and then, Mark received a violent jolt as one of his car wheels plunged down a pothole, hiding beneath the surface of one of the many puddles that lined the road, making water cascade over the windscreen temporarily blocking his view, causing him to curse and concentrate. But as he rounded the next corner Mark saw the cottage on the hill, nestled between trees, bushes, and next an old faded blue sign, signalling his arrival at Jenny's cottage next to Hogshead Farm.
The front door swung inward as Mark approached, and Jenny stood in the open doorway as Mark's car pulled up her gravel driveway before crunching to a halt next to her beat up car, which was night and day in both looks and practicality. But nice cars have a habit of being murdered by the countryside, whereas old cars, like the undead, go on forever.
Jenny was petite but athletic, and in very good shape for her thirty-something years. Mark liked to imagine that her physique was due to working on the farm next door rather than attending ordinary keep fit classes. This fitted his mental image of why she had been comfortable getting dirty a few weeks ago, which he found to be a huge turn on, even if it wasn't true. She wore her dirty-blond hair down, an errant lock falling in front of her eye and across her cheek, and a flowery summer dress that showed off her curves and the golden tan on her bare legs and feet, as she leaned against the door frame waiting for Mark to gather his bags, thoughts, hopes and fears.
This was the first time Mark had seen her in a dress. He usually prefers casual clothes like jeans and t-shirts, all sort of tom-boyish but making the wearer look comfortable and accessible, but tonight she looked beautiful and feminine, which made him blush slightly as he walked up the drive to greet her.
Green Peppers and Red Tomatoes
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With both of Mark's hands full, as he was holding brimming carrier bags in each, Jenny led the welcome, reaching her arms up and around his neck and planting a kiss on his lips.
Mark's face, which had looked a little apprehensive, broke out in a broad smile as her lips were soft and inviting. "That's some greeting, not that I'm complaining. And you look amazing... were you expecting someone else?" he quipped.
"Well, yes, now you mention it. You might know him: shy, a bit nerdy. A bit, who am I kidding!?! Complete nerd, townie, not at all practical... and a monumental filth craved pervert," retorted Jenny. "What's with all the bags?"